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Chicago Marathon Predictions!
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Next 12 win a copy of Mel Watman's "Who's Who in Athletics," courtesy of American Track & Field magazine.
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Here are the questions and correct answers:
1999 Chicago Marathon Elite Participants | |
Men:
Ronaldo Da Costa (Brazil) Valdenor dos Santos (Brazil) Eder Moreno Fialho (Brazil) Ondoro Osoro (Kenya) Simon Lopyuet (Kenya) Joseph Mereng (Kenya) Jonathan Ndambuki (Kenya) Simon Bor (Kenya) Joseph Kahugu (Kenya) Sammy Korir (Kenya) Moses Tanui (Kenya) Simon Chemoiywo (Kenya) Carlos Bautista (Mexico) Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) Andries Khulu (South Africa) Thabiso Moqhali (South Africa) Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) Bong-Ju Lee (South Korea) Sung-Keun Oh (South Korea) Todd Williams (USA) |
Women:
Lieve Slegers (Belgium) Gitte Karlshoj (Denmark) Marian Sutton (England) Catherina McKiernan (Ireland) Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) Margaret Okayo (Kenya) Irina Bogacheva (Kyrgyzstan) Renata Paradowska (Poland) Ludmila Petrova (Russia) Albina Gallyamova (Russia) Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) Elana Meyer (South Africa) Kwon Eun-Ju (South Korea) Libbie Hickman (USA) Kristy Johnston (USA) Linda Somers Smith (USA) |
Please use the elite athlete lists above to choose the top 3 Men and Women for the 1999 Chicago Marathon. You may copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) them into the text entry boxes below, rather than re-typing the names. If you feel a choice is missing from the list, you may write in that name. | |
Men's 1st place: (50 points)
Men's 2nd place: (40 points)
Men's 3rd place: (30 points) |
Women's 1st place: (50 points)
Women's 2nd place: (40 points)
Women's 3rd place: (30 points) |
Here is how scores will be calculated for the following marathon questions:
Your Guess | Actual Time | Difference (+/-) | Score |
< 10 minutes | 1 point | ||
< 5 minutes | 2 points | ||
< 2 minutes | 5 points | ||
< 1 minute | 10 points | ||
< 50 seconds | 15 points | ||
< 40 seconds | 20 points | ||
< 30 seconds | 30 points | ||
< 20 seconds | 40 points | ||
< 10 seconds | 50 points | ||
Exact Time | 100 points |
Please enter minutes and seconds between 0 and 59.
Chicago Marathon (October 24, 1999):Top Times: | |
MenCourse Record:2:06:54 Ondoro Osoro (1998) 1st 2:05:42 (world record) 2nd 2:06:16 3rd 2:07:59 |
WomenCourse Record:2:21:21 Joan Benoit Samuelson 1st 2:25:59 2nd 2:25:59 3rd 2:27:16
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